Tag: Mining protest
Panguna campaigner Theonila Matbob wins award over Rio Tinto challenge
By Evan Schuurman
Bougainville community leader and MP Theonila Roka Matbob has received the Gwynne Skinner Human Rights Award in recognition of her outstanding work...
Scott Waide: Will PNG project reviews mean more benefits for landowners?
This year is a crucial year for Papua New Guinea's mining industry as important players - in Hela, Porgera and Madang - are being...
Killings, arrests as military ‘flush out’ Mindanao environmental defenders
By KEN E. CAGULA in Davao City
The massive human rights violations committed against indigenous peoples or Lumads and peasants are designed to silence the...
Indonesian court convicts mining protester over ‘communist’ symbol
By Yovinus Guntur in Banyuwangi, Indonesia
An Indonesian court has convicted and sentenced an environmentalist to 10 months in prison on a charge of spreading...
